Registering device.



B. GUSTAFSON. REGISTERING DEVICE. APPLICATION rum) APB. 29,1908.

" Patented 0011.4, 1910.

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/NVENTOR "'ATONFY' B. GUSTAESON. REGISTERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION TILED APB. 20,1903. v

Patented Oct. 4, 1910.

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' W/TNESSES v I INVENTOH fzwmgw g x I ther retracted to release the registered sheet and more convenient for use, all as will "1, but showing the gripper jaws or members UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNHARD GUSTAFSON, OF JAMAICA PLAIN, MASSACHUSETTS.

REGISTERING DEVICE.

Application filed Apri1'20,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, Bean HARD GUs'rArson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jan'iaiea Plain, Suil'olk county, Massachusetts, have invented certain ll'nprove- 'mcnts in Registering Devices, of which the following a specification.

' This invention relates to certain improvements in registering, devices such as are particularly designed and :ulapted for employment in comiection with sheet feeders, printing machines, and the like, for gaging theposition of sheets in registry with the operative parts of such mechanisms, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this general character of a simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and ofa strong and durable construction which" shall-present certain features of novelty and improvement whereby the device is rendered more ccrtain-a-i-id uniform in its operation.

The inventioii consists in certain novel features of-the construction, and combinations and arrangements of the several parts of the improved sheet. registering device, whereby certain important advantages are attained, and the device is rendered simpler, lessexpensive and otherwise better adapted be hereinafter fully set forth. The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which serve to illustrate my iinproveme1'1ts--Figure 1 is a side elevation of a-registering device constructed according to my invention with its gripper jaws or .men'ibers advanced and separated in position to grip a sheetto be registered; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig.

closed in position to grip the sheet between them; Fig. 3 is a view similar to F ig. 2, but showing the gripper jaws or members retracted to bring, the sheet into registry; ig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but'showing the gripper jaws or members still furtherefrom, and to remove the ga ge from contact with said sheet; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showing the opposite side of the improved registering device; Fig. 6 is a seetional plan view taken in the plane indicated by the line aa in Fig. 5, and showing certain features of construction of the improved registering device which will be Specification of Letters Patent.

1908. Serial No. 428,267.

porting means and showing the improved registering device in end elevation.

In these views 1 represents a supporting rod or member which may be a part of sheet; feeder, or other mechanism in connection "with whiehthe improved sheet registering device is to be employed, and 2 represents a bracket, slidable on said rod or member so that it may be adjusted laterally of the path of the sheet to be registered, a set screw 3 being provided for holding the bracket securely in position when adjusted.

The bracket 2 has a channel or guideway 4, extended longitudinally "along its upper surface, clearly shown in Figs. 4, (5 and T, and in said channel or guide 'a-y is ar "anged to slide a lower gripper jaw or member-Qt ried by an arm (3 extended downwaldly from a bracket T which is adjustably held upon an actuating rod or memberl 8, extended above and parallel with the supporting rod or member 1, and is adapted tobe moved endwisein any preferred manner, as, for example, by means of a suitable operative con nection with the mechanism to which the improved registering device is applied for use, in order to actuatethe registering derice.

5} represents a pin or screw set in and projecting from one side of the arm (3 at a suitable. elevation above the lower gripper jaw or member 5. and 10 represents an arm or lever having one end pivotally supported on "said pin or screw, and having its opposite free end directed forwardly above the lower gripper jaw or member and provided with an angular dowmvardly directed extremity 1], the lower end of which carries the upper gripper jaw" or member 12, which is adapted, when the arm or lever 10 isi' noved pivotally upon the pin or screw 9, to befinoved toward and from the lower gripper jaw or member in such a manner as to grip and release the sheets to be registered as will be hereinafter explained. j

14; represents a spring coiled upon the-pin or screw Stand having one end connected as shown at 16 with the arm or lever 10, while its opposite end has connection, as shown at 17 with a nut 1.5, having adjustable threaded engagement with the outer end of the pin or screw 9 in such a manl'ie'r that the tensionof said spring is exerted JIQImallv 1 1 50 held between the upper and lower jaws or the movable upper jaw or member 12 pressed down yielding ntoward the lower aw or member 'soas to be adapted to grip the lateral edge portion of the sheet a: 'to be regthe improved registering device is istered-when said edge portion of the sheet is brou ht in osition' between thejaws or mem rs as s own in the drawings.

19 represents a cam block secured upon thelfree end of the pivoted arm or lever 10 and having at its outer extremity a beveled lower cam surface 20 adapted, when the rigid arm 6 carrying said pivoted arm or lever 10 is moved, by the longitudinal movement of the actuating rod or member, 8 over toward the center of the mechanism to which pro ection, whereby the; cam block 19 is caused to ride up on said pin or projection 21 so that the movable arm or lever 10 will be swung pivotally .upward as shown in Fig. 1, so as to raise the upper jaw or member 12 away from the lower aw or member.

5,and permit said upper jaw to stand in position above the edge portion of the sheet a to be registered.

In the movement of the actuziting-rod or member 8 in this direction the lower gripper jaw or'member 5 carriedby the rigid arm 6 will also be engaged beneath the edge por tion of the sheet a: to be registered as clearly shownin ig. 1, so that the gripper jaws or members are resented in position to grip said sheet, When the actuating rod or member'.8 shall have -.reached.the limit of its movement in this direction, the inner end of cam block 19 opposite to the .beveled outer end 20 thereof is adapted to passbeyond and out of-contact with the pin 21, whereupon the spring 14 is permitted to exert its tension to'press the movable arm or lever 10 and the upper gripper jaw .or. member 12 carried thereon downwardly as shown in Fig. 2, so as to cause the edge portion of they sheet a; to be registered 'to'be gripped and members 12 and 5. When the edge (portion of the sheet a: shall have been grippe said jaws or'members are caused to move outwardly toward the side of the mechanism to .which the improved re 'stering device is applied, carryin' the s eet a: with them byreason of s ald s eet being held between said jaws or members.

24.- represents an'inclined up" or cam surv. me upon the cam block 19 a apted,upon

.this'reverse movement of the parts, to be *sheet, said jaws or members slipping off at between the members 12 and .5, the reverse movementof the actuat-- members 12 and 5. 26, 26 represent gages or stops ivotally 4 supported at 27, 27 upon the a justable bracket at 2 at o posite sides of the channel or guideway 4 t erein, and in the reverse movement of the parts above'described the edge of the sheet a: to be re istered is drawn laterally of its path throng the mechanism to which the improved registering device is applied, into accurate contact upon the heads 28, 28 of said gages or stops '26, 26, so as to insure the proper registry of said sheet. v v p The tension of spring 14 is so adjusted that when the sheet shall have been thus moved in registry by contact upon the heads 28 of gages 26, the further retracting movement of the parts operates to withdraw the gripper jaws or members 12 and 5 from engagement with the edge portion of said the edge of the sheet which is held against further movement by Contact with the heads of said gages or stops 26, so that th'esheet is v thereu on free to be continued upon its path tl irough the printing machine or other mechanism in connection with which the registering device is em loyed;

lhe arm 6 is provide with oppositely extended pins or projections 29,. 29, which'in this further retracting movement of parts are adapted to contact with upturned-cam projections 30, 30 upon the outer ends of the gages of. stops 26, 26 in such a manner as to rock saidgages or stops pivotally, whereby their heads 28, 28 are elevated out of con- 110 tact with the edge of the registered sheet a: as seen in Fig. 4, so that when the registered sheets are drawn through the mechanism. in connection with which the registering device is used, their edges will not'be permitted to wear and cutinto the headsof the gages as would be the case were the sheets permitted to remain in contact therewith uring-the ra idmovement caused by the seizing of said sheets by the press grippers or similar devices. Thus it will be seen that the reciprocatory movement of,the rod ormember 8 inone' direction to the position shown in Fig. 1 causes the jaws or members 1-2 and 5 to be 0 ened and presented in position to gri the 5 eat to be registered, and afterwa releases the pppgr jaw 12 and permits thesame so ressed yieldin ly upon said -shcet, giv1 iie a movement 0 said rod 8 in 1 the reverse direction first moves the sheet into registry and afterward releases said sheet from the gripper jaws or members and elevates the gages or steps 20, 26, out of contact with the sheet.

The brackets 2 and 7 being adjustably held upon the rods or members 1. and 8, it is evident that. the position of the improved registering device may be adjusted to aceommodate ditl'erent sizes of sheets and differences in the n'ieehanisn'is to which the improved registoring,- device to be applied for use, and by adjustment of the nut 15, the tension exerted by the spring 14- upon the upper jaw or member 12 may be convenientl v regulated to accommodate ditl'crentclasses of work so as to insure proper registry without liability of nicking the edges of the sheets. I

From theabove description oi my improvements, it \vill be seen that the sheet registering device constructed according to my invention is of an extremely simple amt (.omparatively inexpensive nature, aml is particularly well adapted for use b v reason of the accuracy and uniformity of its opcration and of the convenience with which it may be adjusted to meetvarving require-- ments or" service, and it will also be apparent from the above description of my imn'ovements, that the registering device is capable of considerable change without material departure from the principles and spirit of the invention and for this reason I do not desire to be understood as lin'iiting myself to the precise form and arrangement of the several parts of the. device herein set forth in carrying out my invention in practice.

Having thus'described my invention, what I claim and desire to-sceur by lietterslhiten't 1. A sheet registering device having sheetn'loving means comprising a Pctl])1U(!tlt-()1' V part pivoted for movement in and out of engagement. with a sheet to be registered, a gage capable et operation to limit the n'io\'ementof such sheet when impelled by said sheet moving means and a cam engaging device. movable in and out oi operative position and held against t't.(.f1l)l"0 artery nun-'emcnt in unison with thc sheet. engaging part. and adapted for engagement with said part at a point. remote from the pivotal eonnection of the sheet engaging part to lift said part out of contact with the sheet, and adapted to hold the sheet engaging part out of, contact with the sheet during further reoijnamatmflv movement of said part.

' 2. A sheet registering device having ,sheet moving liieans comprising a. reeiproeatory part, plVOtQtl for inoven'ient in and out of engagement with a sheet to be registered, a gage capable of operation to lnnit the movenwnt of such sheet when impelled by i said sheet moving means a cam engaging device held against reeiprocatory movement in unison with the sheet engaging part and adapted, when the sheet engaging part is moved in one direction, for engagen'ient with said part at a point remote from the pivotal connection of the sheet engaging part to lift the latter out. of contact with the sheet, and adapted to hold the sheet. engaging part. out; of contact with the sheet; during further movement of said part in that direction, and means for moving said device out o'l. position for lifting engz-igenu-mt. with the sheet engaging part to permit the latter to contact with the sheet to be registered 2). A sheet registering device having sheet moving m'ans comprising a part adapted for engagement with a slant. to be rv stored, a gaging device movable in and out, of position for contact with the sheet to be registered, said sheet engaging part, wheirin eonnu-t with a sheet to be registered, being adapted for reciprocatory movement independent ot said gaging device to move the shrct in registering engagen'icnt therewith, and nn'ans for o j erating the gaging device from the reciprocatory moven'ient' of the sheet engaging part. p

4. A sheet registering device having, sheet moving means comprising a part adapted for engagement with a sheet to be registered, a gaging device adapted for contact with the sheet to be registered, said sheet engaging part, when in contact with the sheet. to, be registered, being adapted for reeiprocatory movement independent of the gaging device to move the sheet in registering engagement, therewitln and means connected for reciprocatorv movement in unison with the sheet engaging part and arranged to withdraw the gaging device out of position -for contact with the sheet. I

5. A. sheet registering device having a .I'GtllHUtttlLUIy gripper pivoted for move; ment in and out of contact with a sheet to be registered, and n'ieans for withdrawing the gripper out. of position for contact with the sheet and con'iprising relatively movable members one of which is held against moven'ient in unison with the gripper and is adapted for lifting engagen'ient therewith at a point remote from the pivotal connection of the gripper, when the gripper is I'GClPI'O? cated in one direction, to lift the gripper out of position for contact with thesieet, and is adapted to hold the gripper in lifted position during its further moven'ient in that direction, the other member being carried by the gripper and being adapted, when the latter is reversely moved, to throw the lifting member out, of operative position.

6. A sheet registering device having a re- C'lPPOCfl-lLOIy gripper adapted for engagement with sheets to be registered, agage capable of operation to limit the movement nmving means and a device held against i 'eetinn. movement 1n unison with said gripper and In WIUIOS-Q whereofl have hereunto signed adapted to hold the gripper from contact my name this 2nd day of Aprll 1908, in the of such sheet when impelled by said sheet sheets during its movement in a r'everse (ii 10 i with the sheets during movement of said 1 presence of two subscribing witnesses.

grip er in one direction, said device being ,BERNHARD GUSTAFSON. ceYa 1e of movement, out of position for Witnesses: l 0 ding engagement with the gripper to per KN UT WM. G. BAGGE,

lnit' said gripper to 'he engaged with the EnwAnu A. Wmssnnn. 

